Our student received the ‘Excellent Oral Presentation Award’ at the 2026 Spring Meeting of the Japanese Society of Fish Pathology.

At the 2026 Spring Meeting of the Japanese Society of Fish Pathology held at Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology from 7 to 8 March, Mr. ZHANG Junji, a first-year student at our graduate school, received the ‘Excellent Oral Presentation Award’.

The Excellent Oral Presentation Award of the Japanese Society of Fish Pathology is given to members who have made excellent research oral presentations at the meeting, and one to two speakers, not limited to students, are selected. There were 32 oral presentations.

The presentation was as follows.

Mr. Zhang Junji, ‘Excellent Oral Presentation Award’

Authors: ZHANG Junji, NOMURA Yuito, KANESHIGE Rina and TASUMI Satoshi

Title of presentation: Why does Caligus fugu attach to the distal portion of pufferfish fins?